Holder for box-partitions.



J. A. 000K.

- HOLDER FOR BQX PARTITIONS.

APPLICATION FILED APB-.29, 1911.

Patented Sept. 3, 191-2.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. COOK, 0F MARINETTE, WISCONSIN.

HOLDER ron rox-ran'rrrrolvs.

1 0 e66 whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. Coon, a citizen or the United fitates,residing at lvlarrnette, in the county of lvlarinette, btate ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful improvements in holdersfor l oxdartitions; and 1 do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the charactersor rererence marked thereon, which form a Pttl't or this specification.

'1'his invention relates to' a partition holder and support especiallydesigned for holding partitions in boxes in which bottles are placed fordelivery, storage or snipment.

The invention consists in the device hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claim.

The object of the invention is to provide simple and eliicient means forholding and supporting the partitions in beer cases, and in other boxeshaving partitions in which bottles, glasses, etc, are placed; thearrangement being such as to securely retain the partitions in place andsupport them above the bottom of the box, provision being made forenabling broken partitions to be readily removed from the box and newpartitions quickly and easily secured therein in place of the partitionsremoved.

The above object is attained by the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of ashipping or packing box with partitions therein, showing the applicationof my invention in-holding said partitions in place. Fig. 2 is atransverse section through the box and partitions, as on line 22 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar section at right angles to Fig. 2, as online 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the out blank fromwhich the holder is made, showing said blank before it is formed intoshape. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the holder formed from the blankshown in Fig. 4.

Referring to the characters of reference, 1 designates a box of anysuitable structure provided with partitions 2 of the usual form whichserve to divide the box into a plurality of rectangular compartments ordi- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 3, 1912;

Application filed April 29, 1911.

Serial No. 624,030.

: visions in which bottles may be placed for delivery or shipment. Toretain said partitions in place,l'einploy holders which are preferablystamped IIOIIJ. sheet metal of the requisite gage and which compriseaplate 5 having an integral tongue e extending at right angles from onemargin thereof, said tongue being provided with parallel side flanges 5formed integrally therewith and extending from the edges thereof. heplate 3 is pierced near the center, as shown at 6, to enable the passingof a nail, or other fastening device, therethrough. The tongue 4: andits flanges 5 form a channeled embracing member which receives the edgeof the partitions.

In employing this improved holder for supporting and securing partitionsin boxes, there are preferably two sets used, comprising a lower set andan upper set The holders of the lower set are inverted or so disposed asto cause their flanged tongues to extend upwardly with the outer facesof the plates 3 against the sides or ends of the box, in which positionsaid holders are se cured by passing nails 7 or other fastening means,through the apertures 6 in said plates into the sides or ends of thebox. The height of the plates is such that when in position, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3, the partitions whose lower edges are received in thechanneled tongues of the holders, will be supported such distance abovethe bottom of the box as to facilitate cleaning. The holders of theupper set are disposed with their flanged tongues depending so as toembrace the upper edges of the partitions 2, and are secured to the endsor sides of the box by the fastening nails 7, or analogous devices,which are driven through the apertures 6 in the plates of said holdersinto the ends or sides of the box. By this arrangement the partitionsare suspended above the bottom of the box and are securely supported attheir lower and upper edges in a manner to firmly retain them in place.Should the partitions become broken, they may be removed by withdrawingthe fastening means for the upper set of holders, when new partitionsmay be placed in the box torest upon the lower set of holders whichremain undisturbed; the upper set of holders may then be replaced inposition and again secured to the ends or sides of the box.

tion What I claim as new and desire to sethe edge of said plate fromwhich said 10 cure by Letters Patent, is tongue projects.

An article of manufacture comprising a In testimony whereof, I sign thisspecififiat plate adapted for attachment to the cation in the presenceof tWo Witnesses.

side of a box, said plate having an integral tongue projecting at rightangles from one JOHN COOK margin thereof and said tongue having in?Witnesses:

tegral arallel flanges extending from its DANIEL F. COFFEY,

longitudinal margins beyond the plane of PETER THULL, Jr.

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